It's Official: Showtime Cancels Weeds, Season 8 Will Be Show's Last

Showtime has pulled the plug on the long-running pot dramedy; the show’s upcoming eighth season will be its last.

“There were two shows, Weeds and Dexter, that really got Showtime taken seriously for cutting-edge original programming,” Showtime entertainment president David Nevins told EW.com, which broke the news. “How they get brought home is really important. In this case, both for the sake of the two women behind the show [series creator Jenji Kohan and leading lady Mary-Louise Parker] and an audience that’s really invested in the show. TV fans love nothing better to complain about how shows end and we really want to end this one the right way.”

The show was incredible touching thoughtful and true too real life only those who live in the real world can appreciate the impact the show made yes it was family because WE go thru and live the realities if this show,I’ll miss it the heck with those who won’t.

This news makes me so happy. I mean, I’m going to be really sad come the finale, but I always love it when a show knows they’re going to end a head of time, so they can tie it up and make it worthwhile for the fans that have been here for 8 years.

That being said, “Canceled” is a term used when a show is taken off the air before its time, due to network reasons. The article above says that this was a creative decision as much as a network one, so shouldn’t it be “ending”?

I’m curious where people get the idea that a canceled show is a show that’s “taken off the air before it’s time due to network reasons”. Where did that thought process come from? Did I miss that memo?

When i look up what cancel means online at the the merriam-webster dictionary wesite, it reads as follows:

a : to destroy the force, effectiveness, or validity of : annul
b : to bring to nothingness : destroy
c : to match in force or effect : offset
d : to call off usually without expectation of conducting or performing at a later time

Nowhere in that definition does it say anything close to matching the definition of what others have declared it means. When a show is canceled, I think definition “b” sums it up nicely. To bring to nothingness. The show isn’t coming back, regardless of whether it’s because it’s ending before it’s time or because it was a creative decision. I fail to see the distinction when talking about a canceled show.

Having said that, I am a little disappointed the show is ending. After not having watched it since the first season due to not having Showtime, I only recently rediscovered it at the end of last season. I’m still in the process of catching up on the show and I’m looking forward to the new (and final) season. It’s amazing to see how much the younger actors have matured, especially the two sons.

Well Chad, the dictionary doesn’t contain the meaning of words as they pertain to television. Look on Wikipedia or any other site of you will, look at two different television series: the one that is canceled before its time is listed as CANCELED, the one that is brought full circle and ends with the completion of a story is listed as ENDED. Entertainment Weekly got it right in there article of Showyomss decision to end weeds.

On this particular web site they usually refer to shows going Into an announced final season as cancelled. If you can find their renewal scorecard Desperate Housewives and OTH were both listed as cancelled, even though boyh had a planned final season.

Apparently I’m not the only one who agrees with the definition of what canceled means. The New York Times (as did many other reputable news organizations) used the term “canceled” in this instance as well. ” ‘Weeds,’ Long-Running Showtime Comedy, Is Canceled”. Don’t take my word for it. Just google it, like I did.

I’ll take the word of the dictionary (and the NYT) over Wikipedia. Anyone that uses Wikipedia as reliable source to get their information is doing themselves a disservice. And to say that the dictionary doesn’t contain the meaning of words as they pertain to television is somewhat baffling. As the definition I quoted above states, “to bring to nothingness” fits whether Wiki agrees with that definition or not. I fail to see how that definition does not apply to this situation.

Im sorry Chad, it seems your going out of your way to prove something that just isn’t the case here. I agree with Jon and Ulgatha- the show is ending, not canceled. When CSI: Miami finished its run, it was canceled, because it wasn’t given time to finish its round. When Weeds finishes, it will have ended, because everything would have played out as it should have. I can see where your coming from with your argument, but please just understand that in the world of TV, “Canceled” and “Ended” are two different things.

I’m glad this is the last season. I love the show, but once we started down the “cartel” road it got a little ridiculous. It went from a funny, loving show with drama to something very dark and just when it didn’t seem like they could pile anymore ridiculousness onto it, magically…more appeared. Like with Nip/Tuck…loved the show, but it needed to end, because after a certain point you tune in to see what happens because you’ve been a fan for so long, not because you actually like the direction the show is going in.

Eventhough Weeds is cancel. I have to make a point. Why does TVLINE call every show cancel even if the producers wanted to finish/end it. Show is not cancel if the producers themselves wanted to end it. TVLINE did same thing with House and Desperate Housewives, both the creators/producers wanted to end it.

I wouldn’t say House producers wanted to end it. They wanted nine seasons and got eight. They didn’t decide to end it until they saw how bad the ratings were against full competition in the winter when they only had a hand full of episodes left to shoot. That was not a creative decision. DH made the decision before the final season started, so it was probably more of a producer driven decicion. Cherry was working on a new pilot that wound up not being picked up. He was ready to move on.

In the case of Weeds I’d be curious to know how much of the season has been filmed. Did the writers know it was the end before they started writing for this season? With Breaking Bad and Mad Men it’s been announced that they will have two more seasons and the creators are the ones who want it to end. If they had announced that this would be the finale season at the end of last season it would have looked more like a creative decision.

Not a surprise, I even thought it was going to end after season 7. I hope they have a good closure because “Weeds” deserves that even if it lost a lot of quality after season three it got better from season 5 on.

The first three seasons were great, but it’s gone downhill so much since that it’s barely recognizable. I’ve been hoping it’d be the last season pretty much every season since then. I stopped watching in the middle of last season. Maybe I’ll end up watching this season just to see how the show finally ends.

Thank god this series is over. Ever since their house (Botwin’s) burned down the show has ruined the standard of the first few seasons. They shouldnt even do another season. Another example of how a story, when left to a test of time, can sharply fall from grace…

Sooo lame! Any show that is even remotely good, they cancel. Big hit for showtime, sad to see a great show come to an end. great cast and storys. What’s next they going to cancel dexter?! I will miss seeing mary louise parker naked every other episodes! I hope someone scoops her 4 a new show. She is smoking hot,gonna miss all the bad decision she makes. Weeds rip :(

What I don’t understand is why Mary Louise Parker was the lead actress,when Elizabeth Perkins not only continually acted circles around her,but is sexy enough to boot to be convincing as a woman all these men are attracted to. Parker is kind of plain,and a stick figure.

Perkins and the guys that played the Mexican thugs were the real stars of the show in my opinion. Nobody else even seemed to try.

I agree. I started watching the show when Perkin’s started going nuts,and people like Guilermo (sp) were showing up. She and the Mexican thugs were putting on a acting clinic. MLP has great legs,but Perkins is hotter.

Weeds used to be one of the most creative, witty, and sexy shows on the air. Last season REALLY sucked. The season before that should have been the swan song. It should have gone out on a HIGH note. :\

Not happy it’s ending but I’d rather Weeds end than Dexter. Dexter, nurse Jackie and the big C are my favs, hope they don’t cancel those!
I’m surprised web therapy hasnt been cancelled, don’t like that one at all. Not a good role for Lisa Kudriw. Her voice is as annoying as Janice’s voice on Friends!

Love the series to death, I hope this final season kicks ass. I’ve missed the episodes thus far so Ill wait for it to hit Netflix. Sure am gonna miss Celia’s crazy ass though. She was the funniest character, and her daughter. Perfect cast, awesome show, glad it will end on a positive note.

don’t know why… ain’t no sun up in the sky… Weeds is over. Hope the network nazis
run clean out of snacks just before developing perpetual, hopeless case of the munchies.
F – – k em,’ if they can’t take a joke!

I gotta laugh @ all you ppl who have no life other than going to sites & ripping on stuff u don’t like. F’n trolls. Weeds is a great show 4 its target audience, stoners. If u don’t like it, then change the channel you fools! Also don’t bitch about how u didn’t like anything after season 3 or 4… becuz only an ignorant fool would sit thru tv shows they arent interested in JUST TO GO ONLINE AND CRY LIKE A BABY. Weeds Is a damn good show, & im glad to hear they planned this & it wasn’t forced. Good day…. I SAID GOOD DAY.

I luv this show I feel like they r my friends or even family I Could hang with them 4ever I will miss them no doubt u tv producers suck u don’t know a good thing when u have it at your fingertips. Peace pot and microdot

BRING WEEDS BACK.!!!! BEST FREAKING SHOW EVER.!!!! THIS IS LIKE THE ONLY SHOW MY FIANCE AND I WATCH TOGETHER.!!!! HOW CAN YOU END A SHOW WHEN STEVIE IS GOING TO BOARDING SCHOOL, SYLIS HAS A BABY, SHANE IS AN ALCOHOLIC, AND ANDY HAD A CHILD THAT WE THE VIEWERS NEVER GOT TO SEE….THERE IS SO MUCH MORE THEY COULD DO WITH THIS SHOW.!!!! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE BRING IT BACK.!!!! IT NEVER GETS OLD.!!!!

I watched season 8 episodes one after another the last few nights. It was sad to see it end..I feel like I’ve been addicted to these characters for so long!! I wasn’t thrilled with ending..hate Silas’ wife! Wish Nancy and Andy could have shacked up..I’m a romantic. But, I can see where writers and actors and producers and tv execs may have realized they reached the end of the story…they l